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Virginia Henderson

1897 - 1996

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Virginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer. Henderson is famous for a definition of nursing: "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge" (first published in Henderson & Nite 1978, p. 5, 1955 ed.). She is known as "the first lady of nursing" and has been called, "arguably the most famous nurse of the 20th century" and "the quintessential nurse of the twentieth century". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Virginia Henderson is the 1,988th most popular writer (down from 1,441st in 2019), the 2,916th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,759th in 2019) and the 235th most popular American Writer.

Virginia Henderson was a naturopathic physician who pioneered the use of herbs and other natural remedies in the treatment of cancer patients. She was most famous for her work with breast cancer patients.

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Among writers, Virginia Henderson ranks 1,988 out of 7,302. Before her are Erinna, George Meredith, Augustin Barruel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, and Philemon. After her are Jacques Collin de Plancy, Jovan Dučić, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Uhwudong, Juan Donoso Cortés, and Frances Harper.

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Among people born in 1897, Virginia Henderson ranks 114. Before her are Sergey Taboritsky, Maximus V of Constantinople, Olga Chekhova, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Vaso Čubrilović, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. After her are Alexandre Tansman, Fazlollah Zahedi, Eddie Eagan, George Szell, Marian Anderson, and Michael Lippert. Among people deceased in 1996, Virginia Henderson ranks 90. Before her are Virginia Cherrill, Albert R. Broccoli, Stavros Niarchos, Antonín Mrkos, Muhammad al-Badr, and Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho. After her are Ben Johnson, Hideo Sakai, Lo Wei, Jack Nance, Saul Bass, and Ai Qing.

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Among people born in United States, Virginia Henderson ranks 2,916 out of 20,380. Before her are Peter Boyle (1935), Rosemary Casals (1948), Sid Eudy (1960), Bill Withers (1938), CeeLo Green (1974), and Ben Foster (1980). After her are David Baltimore (1938), Ian Somerhalder (1978), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Robert Cialdini (1945), and Edward Zwick (1952).

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Among writers born in United States, Virginia Henderson ranks 235. Before her are Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Maria Shriver (1955), Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Nicholas Sparks (1965), and William Moulton Marston (1893). After her are Frances Harper (1825), Walter Tevis (1928), Langston Hughes (1902), Audre Lorde (1934), Jane Jacobs (1916), and Bernard Malamud (1914).

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